■I thought he was one year younger than me, but he was “two years younger” ─ In March 2017, when Ms. Fuji was 55 years old, she remarried a 31-year-old man, and it has been eight years this year. She met her husband in April 2016, when there was a stage performance by Ms. Fuji, and she was being treated by a sports massage therapist, and he was one of the trainers working there. I heard that he became Ms. Fuji’s exclusive trainer because he felt that he was very careful in his treatment compared to other trainers. First of all, do you remember your first impression of your husband?
Ms. Fuji: His treatment was very careful and he seemed very serious. When I asked his age, he said, “I am in the same cow year as Mr. Fuji.” When I asked him, “Then you are one year younger than him,” he laughed and said, “What? Not one but two years younger than you? I was surprised. He was a nice guy, but there was an age difference, so I told my female staff, “You should marry someone like that. TM: How did you two grow closer from there? Ms. Fuji: My birthday is in May, and I received a hydrangea on my birthday, and when I looked at the sender’s name, I saw his name on it. My late mother loved hydrangeas, and in the entertainment industry, orchids are often used for celebrations, but there was a small, pretty hydrangea that stood out among them.
Did your husband know your birthday in advance? Ms. Fuji: He may have found it by searching for “Ayako Fuji” on the Internet, but I don’t think people in general go out of their way to send flowers on their birthdays. I thought, “Wow, such a chic thing to do…!” I thought. I had the impression that she was always polite and neat, so I was happy to think that she had sent them to me as one of her massage customers. After that, there was no particular progress for about two months, but in July I went to Australia on a trip. I was looking for a T-shirt to buy him as a thank-you gift, but I was careful not to arouse the suspicions of the staff members who accompanied me, so now that I think about it, I must have had feelings for him from then on.